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E. L. YA=NCY, OFIBATAVIAyNEW YORK,

Letters Patent N 96,647, dated .November 9, 1369.

HAY-ELEVATOR.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part cf the same To all llchom fit 'may concern Be it known that I, E. L. YANCY, of Batavia, in the county oi'Genesee, and State ofNew York, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay- Elevators; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full and complete description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this` specification, in which-'- ll `ignre l is a top view ofthe elevator, spread out.

Figure 2, a view of the same when loaded.

Figure 3, a detached section.

Like letters of reference refer to like part-s in the different views presented.

In iig. 1, A B represent bars of wood, attached to each other by the cords C, as shown, corresponding to which, in shape and size, are the bars D E, which are.v also connected t0 each other' by ropes in the same way, with the exception ofthe. middle rope C', which is not attac-hed to the ring l5', but passed through it, and reaching therefrom to an indefinite extent; the purpose'ot' which rope will hereinafter be shown.

lhe two hars, I5 E, are connected to each other by a hinged joint, F, iig. 2, whereby they can be folded 0r doubled upon eachother.

rlhe section a of the hinge is permanently secured in the bar B, whereas, the corresl'ionding section is secured in the bar E, by being loosely fitted in a hole therein, and secured by means of a sliding catch, b, Jig. 3, moving under a plate, c, whereby it is confined in a groove c-ut in the bar, wherein it is free to slide, by.`

being drawn inward by the cordvO" attached thereto, and filmed-outwardly by a spring, 'e

The connection ofthe two bars is as follows On insertingr the shank fof the hinge'in the hole provided .for itsadmission, the said slide is forced back by the sloping head of the shank, which having passed beyond the slide, it is then forced forward under the'lip of the head, as shown in tig. 3, thereby -preventing the shank from falling out, and the consequent disconnection of the bal.

Having thus described the construction and arrangement of the elevator', the practical operation of the same is as follows:

A set of the bars and ropes above described is laid upon the bottom ofthe wagon, spread out, as

shown in fig. 1, so that the rings will hang over the sides. Upon this is laid the hay, more or less, as the capacity `and strength of the apparat-us are capable of lifting. Upon this certain quantity ofhay is laid another set. of barsfon which is thrown a quantity of hay, as before; then upon this another, and another, and so on until the load is completed, which heilig done, the load is taken o', by lbringing the rings of the uppermost elevator or bars together by means of the hooks G, caught into the rings, and thereby drawn upward by the rope H attached thereto, said rope being carlied upward over a pulley and attached to a team, whereby the sides of the elevatorare drawn closely together, enclosing the hay, as shown in tig. 2, which is th'en drawn upward from the wagon, and over-to the place of deposit, by an appropriate arrangement of pulleys.

The hay is then discharged from the elevator by drawing upon the rope Said rope being attached to the slides b, draw them from their engagement with the head of the Shanks F, one heilig in each end of the bar.,

The weight of the hay causes the shank to draw from the holes in which they are inserted, and thc two sect-ions will then spread apart, as indicated by the dotted lilies a., iig. 2, and the hay will fall through to the bay or other place of deposit.

This being done, the second set ot' bars orelcvators is then caught up by the hooks and elevated, and

.the hay discharged therefrom in the saine way'as be fore, and so on to the last, or the tirst laid upon the bottom ofthe wagon.

By this device the hay is easily and quickly removed from the wagon into the bay, with but little skill and labor on thepart of those having itin use.

XVhat. I claim as my improvement, and desire to scc'ure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination and arrangement of the slides b, hinges F, bar ll, and rope C, substantially'as and for the purpose set forth.

, E. L. YANOY.

Witnesses:

L. J. FARNswon'rn, JOHN H. YATEs. 

